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    Diabetes Care. 2005 Oct;28(10):2486-91. Links

    Serum ferritin is associated with visceral fat area and subcutaneous
    fat area.

    Iwasaki T, Nakajima A, Yoneda M, Yamada Y, Mukasa K, Fujita K, Fujisawa
    N, Wada K, Terauchi Y.

    Department of EndocrinologyMetabolism, Yokohama City University
    Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 [censored], Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
    236-0004, Japan. [email hidden].

    OBJECTIVE: Until now, few clinical studies have reported on the
    association between the indexes of body fat distribution and serum
    ferritin, an indicator of body iron stores and a putative risk factor
    for insulin resistance. We investigated the association between serum
    ferritin concentrations and the indexes of distribution of adipose
    tissues in the body, such as the visceral fat area (VFA), the
    subcutaneous fat area (SFA), and the hepatic fat content in Japanese
    subjects. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 248 Japanese subjects
    (127 men and 121 postmenopausal women aged 57.8 +/- 13.9 years, BMI
    25.7 +/- 4.6 kg/m(2); 140 subjects with type 2 diabetes and 108
    nondiabetic subjects) were evaluated. Subjects with a history of
    alcohol intake were excluded from the study. We measured body height,
    body weight, and serum ferritin, as well as fasting plasma glucose and
    plasma insulin concentrations. We estimated insulin resistance by
    homeostasis model assessment. The fat distribution was evaluated by
    measuring the VFA and SFA by abdominal computed tomography at the
    umbilical level. To assess the hepatic fat content, the ratio of the
    computed tomography attenuation value of the liver to that of the
    spleen was calculated. RESULTS: Serum ferritin was significantly
    correlated with the various indexes of adiposity examined, such as the
    hepatic fat content (r = -0.280, P < 0.0001), VFA (r = 0.254, P <
    0.0001), SFA (r = 0.231, P = 0.0005), and homeostasis model assessment
    (r = 0.286, P = 0.0008). CONCLUSIONS: This is the first report to
    directly demonstrate an association between serum ferritin and VFA and
    SFA. The results of this study suggest that the serum ferritin
    concentration may be a useful indicator of systemic fat content and
    degree of insulin resistance.

    PMID: 16186284 [PubMed - in process]

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  2. pinecone
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    Tom,

    This is downright intriguing! In the late 1980s, I had been following
    what was then considered a perfect diet for years, and I went to one of
    those spas where they do a lot of additional tests doctors don't
    generally do in annual physical examinations. They were amazed at how
    perfect all my numbers were--except I was high in copper. At the time,
    I was using a copper pot to heat my tea water, so I switched to steel.
    It didn't change anything.

    It seems like metals have a dramatic effect on all aspects of our
    physiology. It makes sense, since they are central to the activity of
    nerve, muscle, etc. Metals also contribute to problems for children
    with diagnoses like autism. This is promising--maybe it will lead us
    to a better understanding of some of the mechanisms operating in the
    development of Type 2 diabetes.

    Do you still believe man is an herbivore after the recent studies
    suggesting for many thousands of years people ate fish, eggs, and any
    other meat they could catch? It's more likely than man evolved to eat
    smaller amounts of meat than he does.

    pc

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  3. pinecone
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    Tom,

    This is downright intriguing! In the late 1980s, I had been following
    what was then considered a perfect diet for years, and I went to one of
    those spas where they do a lot of additional tests doctors don't
    generally do in annual physical examinations. They were amazed at how
    perfect all my numbers were--except I was high in copper. At the time,
    I was using a copper pot to heat my tea water, so I switched to steel.
    It didn't change anything.

    It seems like metals have a dramatic effect on all aspects of our
    physiology. It makes sense, since they are central to the activity of
    nerve, muscle, etc. Metals also contribute to problems for children
    with diagnoses like autism. This is promising--maybe it will lead us
    to a better understanding of some of the mechanisms operating in the
    development of Type 2 diabetes.

    Do you still believe man is an herbivore after the recent studies
    suggesting for many thousands of years people ate fish, eggs, and any
    other meat they could catch? It's more likely than man evolved to eat
    smaller amounts of meat than he does.

    pc

    Report

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